Matsui Kôsei

Awards:

1970 Japan Crafts Society Prize, Traditional Crafts New Work Exhibition
1971 Tokyo Metropolitan Government Education Prize, Traditional Crafts New Work Exhibition
Awarded Japan Crafts Society Judge's Prize, Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition
1973 Prince ChiChibu Trophy, the 2nd Japan Pottery Exhibition, sponsored by Mainichi Newspaper
1974 Japan Pottery Society Award
1975 NHK Chairman's Prize, Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition
1986 Fujiwara Kei Memorial Prize, Fujiwara Kei Memorial Foundation
1988 Awarded Shijuhô Shô
1990 Japan Society Gold Prize
Okada Mokichi Memorial Prize, MOA Museum
1992 Ibaragi Prize
1993 Designated National Living Treasure
2000 The 4th Prize Asahi Shôjushô


Solo exhibitions:

1993 Mitsukoshi Étoile, Paris
Mitsukoshi Department Store gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
1994 Takashimaya Department Store Galleries, Nihonbashi, Tokyo; also Kyoto, Osaka, and Yokohama
1995 Kasama Inari Museum, Ibaragi
1996 Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
1999 Petit Musée, Daishin'en.



Group exhibitions:

1969 First entry to the Traditional Crafts New Work Exhibition (entry in every year thereafter)
First entry to Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (every year thereafter).
1973 Japanese Contemporary Ceramics, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1974 Selected Works from Contemporary Ceramics in Japan, a travel exhibition to the U.S., organized by Foreign Ministry
1976 Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, a travel exhibition to New Zealand and Australia, organized by Japan Foundation
Selected Works from Japanese Ceramics, a travel exhibition to Germany, sponsored by Nihon Keizai Newspaper
1978 100 Japanese Jars, Suntory Museum, Tokyo
Contemporary Craft Works, produced by Shiseidô (every year thereafter)
Contemporary Craft in Japan, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1979 150 Selected Ceramic Works in Japan, sponsored by Sanyô Newspaper and Chûgoku Newspaper
100 Selected Tea Bowls, sponsored by Kyoto Newspaper
1980 100 Selected works from Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, sponsored by Nihon Keizai Newspaper
Flower and Ceramics, sponsored by Kyoto Newspaper
1981 From Yakimono to Plastic Arts, Seibu Department store Gallery, Tokyo
Contemporary Ceramics in China and Japan
1982 Contemporary Ceramics in Japan, the Smisthonian Institutions, Washington D. C. and Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The 7th Asia Art Fair, Hong Kong
1983 Contemporary Crafts in Japan, organized by Japan Foundation for Canada.
1984 Japanese Ceramics, Suntory Museum, Tokyo
1985 Contemporary Ceramics in Japan, the Kure City Museum, Kure
Incense Burners: Selected Works, sponsored by Kyoto Newspaper
Contemporary Arts in Japan, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art, Toyama
1988 Contemporary Ceramics in Japan, Portland Museum of Art, Portland
Contemporary Aspects in Traditional Crafts in Japan" produced by the Japan Foundation, traveling to the South America.
1989 Europalia '89 Contemporary Ceramics in Japan; Tradition & Innovation
1991 Selected Works from Traditional Crafts" a travel exhibition to Scandinavia, organized by National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Asahi Newspaper
1992 50 Masters; Applied Arts in Contemporary Japan, Mitsukoshi Etoile, Paris
1995 8 Living National Treasures, organized by Asahi Newspaper
1996 Selected Works from Contemporary Ceramics in Japan, a travel exhibition to Asia, organized by International Cultural Association
1998 Primitive Images of Ceramic Artists, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shiga Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga
Beauty and Techniques of Living National Treasure, Jingû Museum, Mie
2000 Art of Living National Treasures, Ibaragi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Kasama, Ibaraki

Posthumous exhibitions:

2003 Kosei Matsui Retrospective, Ibaragi Museum of Ceramic Art, Ibaragi prefecture
Kosei Matsui Retrospective The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
2006 Kosei Matsui Retrospective, Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo


Selected Public Collections:

Chasen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Chinese Embassy
Foreign Ministry of Japan
Hokkaidô Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
Ibaragi Prefectural Art Museum
Japan Foundation
Kure City Museum
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Shiseidô Museum
The Guest Palace

Selected References:

Wege zur Japanischen Keramik: Tradition in der Gegenwart, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst zu Berlin, 2005

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